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Author Crotty, David.

Title A flying life : John Duigan and the first Australian aeroplane / David Crotty.

Publication Info. Melbourne : Museum Victoria, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, facsimiles
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.
Summary The flying career of John Robertson Duigan spanned just a decade from 1908 to 1918. One hundred years ago he built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia using only photographs, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. He was the first Australian to fly a powered Australian-made aeroplane in Australia.
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Subject Duigan, John Robertson, 1882-1951.
Duigan, John Robertson, 1882-1951.
Duigan, John Robertson, 1882-1951.
Aeronautics -- Australia -- Biography.
Aeronautics.
Australia.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Airplanes -- Australia -- Biography.
Airplanes.
Aeronautics -- Australia -- History.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Museum Victoria.
Other Form: Print version: Crotty, David. Flying life. Melbourne : Museum Victoria, 2010 9780980619034 (DLC) 2010497203 (OCoLC)666587415
ISBN 9781921833182 (electronic book)
1921833181 (electronic book)
9780980619034
0980619033